English noun: crossness | |||
1. | crossness (feeling) an irritable petulant feeling | ||
Synonyms | choler, fretfulness, fussiness, irritability, peevishness, petulance | ||
Broader (hypernym) | distemper, ill humor, ill humour | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | pet, testiness, tetchiness, touchiness | ||
2. | crossness (attribute) a disposition to be ill-tempered | ||
Synonyms | crabbedness, crabbiness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ill nature | ||